XG names 3 more to advisory panel

Published: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 9:02 p.m.

SARASOTA - Locally based telecommunications company xG Technology Inc. has added a trio of new people to its internal advisory board.

The addition of Michael Calabrese, Chris Gilmore and George Schmitt Jr. brings the number of members of the advisory panel to seven.

XG's advisory board, composed of "distinguished experts who provide invaluable input to the company regarding strategy, applications and markets," according to xG's website, is chaired by the company's vice president of business development, Chris Whiteley.

The additions come the same month that xG received Federal Communications Commission approval to distribute and sell a wireless telecommunication system nationwide.

XG's xMod system is a mobile hotspot device that connects WiFi, USB or Ethernet-enabled smartphones, tablets, notebooks and other devices to the Internet. It can also connect to xG's cognitive radio network, a broadband service that gives phone providers the ability to share wireless spectrum.

XG's advisory panel moves come, too, during the company's inaugural quarter as a public concern. In August, xG completed an $8.5 million initial public offering and greenshoe stock sale aimed at raising funds for product development and marketing.

XG, which holds roughly 200 U.S. and international patents and pending patent applications, has tested its products at two U.S. Army bases, with a rural telecom provider and in a mobile data and VoIP network in Fort Lauderdale.

Calabrese is a director of the Wireless Future Project, which is part of New America's Open Technology Institute. He has also been an appointed member of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Spectrum Management Advisory Committee since 2009, and has been part of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Gilmore is the founder and chief executive officer of Gilmore-Tragus Strategies, a firm specializing in funding development and legislative relations related to the voice and data communication industries. He also served as special counsel to former Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles.

Schmitt is CEO of Cybergate Nevada LLC, a holding company for Fort Myers-based Palm Aerospace, an aircraft parts supplier. Previously, he was president of ReadyJetGo Airlines, a charter company that flew custom-configured jets.

<p><em>SARASOTA</em> - Locally based telecommunications company xG Technology Inc. has added a trio of new people to its internal advisory board.</p><p>The addition of Michael Calabrese, Chris Gilmore and George Schmitt Jr. brings the number of members of the advisory panel to seven.</p><p>XG's advisory board, composed of "distinguished experts who provide invaluable input to the company regarding strategy, applications and markets," according to xG's website, is chaired by the company's vice president of business development, Chris Whiteley.</p><p>The additions come the same month that xG received Federal Communications Commission approval to distribute and sell a wireless telecommunication system nationwide.</p><p>XG's xMod system is a mobile hotspot device that connects WiFi, USB or Ethernet-enabled smartphones, tablets, notebooks and other devices to the Internet. It can also connect to xG's cognitive radio network, a broadband service that gives phone providers the ability to share wireless spectrum.</p><p>XG's advisory panel moves come, too, during the company's inaugural quarter as a public concern. In August, xG completed an $8.5 million initial public offering and greenshoe stock sale aimed at raising funds for product development and marketing.</p><p>XG, which holds roughly 200 U.S. and international patents and pending patent applications, has tested its products at two U.S. Army bases, with a rural telecom provider and in a mobile data and VoIP network in Fort Lauderdale.</p><p>Calabrese is a director of the Wireless Future Project, which is part of New America's Open Technology Institute. He has also been an appointed member of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Spectrum Management Advisory Committee since 2009, and has been part of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.</p><p>Gilmore is the founder and chief executive officer of Gilmore-Tragus Strategies, a firm specializing in funding development and legislative relations related to the voice and data communication industries. He also served as special counsel to former Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles.</p><p>Schmitt is CEO of Cybergate Nevada LLC, a holding company for Fort Myers-based Palm Aerospace, an aircraft parts supplier. Previously, he was president of ReadyJetGo Airlines, a charter company that flew custom-configured jets.</p>